Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

Heather Clark with Laura Jennings

31 hours, 20 minutes first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Description

The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive and definitive life of Sylvia Plath.Determined not to read Plath’s work as if her every act, from chil...

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informative 89%
emotional 65%
reflective 56%
sad 55%
challenging 52%
dark 51%
inspiring 30%
tense 9%
adventurous 4%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

slow 68%
medium 31%

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